Hotmail to charge

I use outlook express for my pop3 account and hotmail accounts, rumour has
it that MSN are going to charge for retrieving hotmail through outlook and
outlook express next year. Can anyone confirm if this is the case.

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Apart from greed why do you think they want to charge, is it causing them
some sort of technical problem hotmail being accessed through outlook and
outlook express.

"*****General" <*****> wrote in message
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> True. For those that have it setup already they won't be charged yet but
> for
> new subscribers there is a charge. Everyone will be charged eventually.
>
>

"the lift bridge" <> wrote in message
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| Apart from greed why do you think they want to charge, is it causing them
| some sort of technical problem hotmail being accessed through outlook and
| outlook express.
|
| "*****General" <*****> wrote in message
| newsIcdd.135$...
| > True. For those that have it setup already they won't be charged yet but
| > for
| > new subscribers there is a charge. Everyone will be charged eventually.
| >
| >
|
To control Spam is the reason given. Doesn't make much sense to me. With all
the free mail options out there it seems kind of like starting to charge IE.

"the lift bridge" <> wrote in message
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I use outlook express for my pop3 account and hotmail accounts, rumour has
it that MSN are going to charge for retrieving hotmail through outlook and
outlook express next year. Can anyone confirm if this is the case.

the lift bridge wrote:
> Apart from greed why do you think they want to charge, is it causing them
> some sort of technical problem hotmail being accessed through outlook and
> outlook express.
>
I heard they (pretend to) do it to fight spammers. Well, but then they would
do rather charge for sending mails. The true reason appears to be the fact
that one can easily circumvent the nasty popups you'll get when using IE to
view msn/hotmail, by using OE or hotwayd instead.
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"The Tech Guy" <> squirted these wordjisms deep
inside the bumtube of the newstwat in
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> Ya now its hard to check any FREE email service with outlook express
> its seems only the ISP's will let us do this for free
>
> --
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>
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> "the lift bridge" <> wrote in message
> news:Hucdd.84873$...
> I use outlook express for my pop3 account and hotmail accounts, rumour
> has it that MSN are going to charge for retrieving hotmail through
> outlook and outlook express next year. Can anyone confirm if this is
> the case.
>
>
>

.........thereby providing yet another reason to dump that pile of wank
and use Thunderbird instead

it doesn't matter if you use thunderbird or outlook...
is ms is going to charge, they are going to charge
"David Qunt" <> wrote in message
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> "The Tech Guy" <> squirted these wordjisms deep
> inside the bumtube of the newstwat in
> news:RIddd.131$:
>
>> Ya now its hard to check any FREE email service with outlook express
>> its seems only the ISP's will let us do this for free
>>
>> --
>> Jason
>>
>> Free Spyware Adware Removal - Anti Spyware Remover Software - Free
>> Removal http://www.supportcave.com/spy-sweeper.html
>>
>>
>> "the lift bridge" <> wrote in message
>> news:Hucdd.84873$...
>> I use outlook express for my pop3 account and hotmail accounts, rumour
>> has it that MSN are going to charge for retrieving hotmail through
>> outlook and outlook express next year. Can anyone confirm if this is
>> the case.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> ........thereby providing yet another reason to dump that pile of wank
> and use Thunderbird instead
>
> --
> *********************************
>> David Qunt
>>
> ****************************************************

the lift bridge wrote:
> I use outlook express for my pop3 account and hotmail accounts,
> rumour has it that MSN are going to charge for retrieving hotmail
> through outlook and outlook express next year. Can anyone confirm if
> this is the case.

True. But don't sweat it, there's heaps of free apps that can get
your Hotmail for you through Outlook/Outlook Express. Same applies
for Yahoo Mail too.

The Tech Guy wrote:
> Ya now its hard to check any FREE email service with outlook express

Perhaps web-based mail, but OE can check any free POP mail with no
problems. Besides, there are numerous free apps that can get your
Hotmail/YahooMail/etc for you, directly into Outlook Express, so
you don't have to pay Hotmail/Yahoo for the privilege.

Taking a moment's reflection, Bruce the Shark mused:
|
| Perhaps web-based mail, but OE can check any free POP mail with no
| problems. Besides, there are numerous free apps that can get your
| Hotmail/YahooMail/etc for you, directly into Outlook Express, so
| you don't have to pay Hotmail/Yahoo for the privilege.

I would wager that Hotmail will be locked down from all non-website
email retrieval regardless of application ... unless the account is of a
certain (re: paid) status. What are some of these other apps?

Going slightly off the thread , I have taken a look at Thunderbird and it
looks more impressive than outlook express, especially impressive is the
junk mail features , however does anyone know how to get the newsgroups set
up on it.

"Bruce the Shark" <> wrote in message
news:...
> the lift bridge wrote:
>
>> I use outlook express for my pop3 account and hotmail accounts,
>> rumour has it that MSN are going to charge for retrieving hotmail
>> through outlook and outlook express next year. Can anyone confirm if
>> this is the case.
>
> True. But don't sweat it, there's heaps of free apps that can get
> your Hotmail for you through Outlook/Outlook Express. Same applies
> for Yahoo Mail too.
>
>
>

the lift bridge wrote:
> Going slightly off the thread , I have taken a look at Thunderbird and it
> looks more impressive than outlook express, especially impressive is the
> junk mail features , however does anyone know how to get the newsgroups set
> up on it.
>
> "Bruce the Shark" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>>the lift bridge wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I use outlook express for my pop3 account and hotmail accounts,
>>>rumour has it that MSN are going to charge for retrieving hotmail
>>>through outlook and outlook express next year. Can anyone confirm if
>>>this is the case.
>>
>>True. But don't sweat it, there's heaps of free apps that can get
>>your Hotmail for you through Outlook/Outlook Express. Same applies
>>for Yahoo Mail too.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
Go to tools-add account-news then enter your settings.

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Going slightly off the thread , I have taken a look at Thunderbird and
it looks more impressive than outlook express,
especially impressive is the junk mail features , however does anyone
know how to get the newsgroups set up on it.

Go to tools-add account-news then enter your settings.

Thanks for the heads-up - the earlier versions of Thunderbird were
newsgroup-deprived,
which is why I stuck to full-blown Mozilla. Glad to see that the
back-room programmers
have continued to put out useful stuff.

Taking a moment's reflection, the lift bridge mused:
|
| Going slightly off the thread , I have taken a look at Thunderbird and it
| looks more impressive than outlook express, especially impressive is the
| junk mail features , however does anyone know how to get the newsgroups
| set up on it.

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